Combination coat and hat rack for theater-seats and the like.



P. SIEVER.

COMBINATION COAT AND HAT RACK FOR THEATER SEATS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 30, I914.

1,161,539. Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

@Vikweoom Gwen Lu s time srn rns near men YAUL SIEVER, OF SOUTH OMAHA,NEBRASKA.

COMBINATION COAT, AND I-IAT RACK FOB, THEATER-SEATS AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

Application filed November 30, 1914. Serial No. 874,725.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PAUL SIEVER, a citizen of the United States,residing at South Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Coatand Hat Racks for Theater-Seats and the like; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to combined coat and hat racks and in particularto combined coat and hat racks adapted for theater seats and the like.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a compact deviceadapted especially for theater chairs so arranged as to neatly retain acoat and a hat.

Another object of this invention is to provide a device inexpensive tomanufacture, light in structure, and strong and durable in itsconstruction. And another object of this invention is to provide anarrangement whereby one part is braced against the other part.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will be hereinafter moreclearly set forth in the specification, pointed out in the claims andillustrated in the accompanying drawings.

Similar characters of reference refer to similar parts throughout thespecification and drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is an elevation of the device showing by dotted lines theposition of the rack when not in use and substantially its position byfull lines when in use. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof. Fig. 3 isa front edge view thereof. Fig. 4: is a slightly modified form of thehat retaining device removed from the coat retaining device, and Fig. 5is a detail perspective view of a further modification.

In the drawings 1 is a convenient seat preferably a theater seat havinga combined coat and hat rack 2 assembled therebeneath. The combined coatand hat rack is preferably formed of spring steel wire comprising a coatretaining portion 3 and a hat retain ing portion 41, portions of thecoat retaining member being extended at an angle and bent into loops 5and 6, said loops being positioned ad acent therear corners of the seatthrough which are passed screw threaded zontal portion 11 and 13respectively which extend forwardly beneath the seat and parallel withthe edges of the seat to adjacent the front edge thereof where theyterminate in a transverse front structure 12 as clearly shown in Fig. 2of the drawings. The opposite arms of the loops also extend rear- Wardlyand then inwardly a suitable distance and thence downwardly to a pointin a plane with the coat retaining member 3 where they terminate inloops 17 and 22 respectively.

Looped around the front portion 12, as at 1 1, is one arm 16 of aninterbracing memher, said arm being extended rearwardly and engaged withthe loop 17, the arm 18 of said structure then extending forwardly fromthe loop 17 and has its outer end provided with a loop 19 which engagesthe front portion 12, the two arms 16 and 18 being spread apart at theirlooped ends to form a substantially V-shape structure, the arm 16 beingpositioned a distance from the side edge of the seat while the arm 18 ispositioned adjacent the center of the seat.

This structure is placed at one side of the center of the seat and asimilar structure 1s placed on the opposite side of the center of theseat and comprises arms 21 and 24, the

outer ends of which are provided with loops 20 and 23 which engage thefront member 12, the loop 23 being adjacent the edge of the seatopposite to the loop 14, while the loop 20 is positioned midway betweenthe looped ends 14: and 19, the arms 18 and 21 of the two structurescrossing each other. The latter structure composed of arms 21 and 24 islikewise substantially V-shape and has its rear end engaged with, theloop 22. These arms 16, 18, 21 and 24: form the interbracing floor andsupport for the coat when retained within the confines of the coatretaining'structure. A horizontal supporting deviceis then attached tothe coat retaining device at the forward corners thereof and loopedtherearound as plainly shown in Fig. 3 at 26 and 27 The horizontalsupporting device 25 then depends as at 28 and 29 in a verticaldirection after which the" depending portions are bent horizontally andrun a short distance in a horizontal direction parallel to the frontedge of the chair as plainly shown at 30 and 31 of Fig. 2. Itis thengradually curved to the rear as at 32 and 33 to form rearwardly slopingwalls 34 and 35 which form the supports to retain the hat, said portions84 and 35 being curved "outwardly in an opposite direction to each otherin a manner well known in 'hat supporting devices of this structure atpresent in'use; The rear portion of the hat supporting device 4 is thencaught through the looped portions 17 and 22 previously mentioned, thenbent upwardly as at 36 a short'dista'nce and then bent downwardly as at37 as plainly shown in Fig. 3, this portion forming an invertedsubstantially V- shape guard 15 to prevent the insertion of a coat toofar within the coat retaining portion. By this arrangement, thehatsupporting device 4 is in a lower position than the coat supportingdevice 2 but is attached thereto,furthermore, the front portion of thecoat supporting device 2 is free from all obstructions to allow of easypassage of a neatly folded coat within the confines of the coatsupporting device 2, the coils 9 operating to allow of a degree ofresilient action of the wirei'structure during the insertion of thc'oat.

In the modified form shown in Fig. 4 the front portion has extensions 38and 39 as is plainly shown' in said Fig. 4 which are extended from theloops 26 and 27 the ends of which are looped as at 40 and 41 andadapted'to wrap around the front portion of thewires 24 and 16, thislatter modification givingan additional bracing support to the hatretaining device.

In the modified form shown in Fig. 5, supporting'brackets are formed bybending .portions of the wire 8; downwardly and twisting the lower endsof the parallel sections 9 into loops 11",through which ex-. tend the.side; retaining members 3.

When a coat, wrap or package is inserted between the seatqand supportingmember, the side memberswill be limited in their downward movement bythe loops 11". This arrangement, as above stated, is adapted primarilyfor theater seats and the like where the chairs are closely adjacenteach other and only a minimum amount of space can be utilized within theconfines of the chair seat and which yet is convenientin use andpractical in operation for the reception of coats, hats, wraps andpackages of any description not too large to be introduced into thereceptacle.

As best shown in Fig. l of the drawings, the rack, when not in use,rests against the bottom of the seat, as indicated by dotted lines, theposition of the same, when in use, being shown in full lines.

The form herein shown and described is a preferred embodiment of theinvention, but the right is expressly reserved to make such alterationsand variations therein from time to time as it may be deemed expedientand which will neither depart from the spirit of the invention norconflict with the scope of the claims.

Having now described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent is:

1. A combined hat and coat retaining device for seats, comprising a wireframe work, a portion of said wire being bent upon itself to form loops,one arm of each loop being formed into a coiled portion, the outer coilof each coil section terminating in a downwardly and forwardly extendingsection to form side members parallel with the side edges of the seat,said side members terminating in a transverse front section parallelwith the front edge of the seat, the opposite arm of each loop memberbeing extended inwardly and downwardly, the free ends thereof beingformed into loops, means engaging said first loops to attach theretaining device to the seat, interbracing members extending from saidfront section to said last mentioned loops, a hat retaining devicecomprising a pair of curved side members extending from the front to therear edge of the first frame, the forward-ends of said side membershaving loops engaging the side members of the first structure adjacenttheir forward ends, the integral rear portion of said curved sidemembers engaging said extended loops, that portion between the lastmentioned loops bei ng bent to substantially U-shape to form a guard.

2. A combined hat and coat retaining device for seats comprising a wireframe work, a portion of said wirebeing bent upon itself to form loops,means to engage the loops with the seat, one arm of each loop beingformed into a coiled portion and the opposite arms into dependingmembers having loops at their ends, said coiled portions terminating indownwardly and forwardly extending sections forming side members, saidside members terminating in a transverse front section, interbracingmembers extending from said front section to the loops of said dependingmembers, a pair of curved side members integral at one end, said sidemembers having their forward ends secured to the side members and theirname to this specification in the presence of rear ends to the loops ofthe depending tWo subscribing Witnesses.

members of the first frame, and means to PAUL SIEVER. limit the verticalmovement of the retaining Witnesses: 5 device. J AS. H. BOBBITT,

In testimony whereof I have signed my MOSE STENBERG.

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